Definition

darkness

Etymology

from H5774 (עוּף) in the sense of covering with shade (compare H4155 (מוּעָף));

Word family

• עוּף ʻûwph
• מוּעָף mûwʻâph

How the KJV renders it

• dimness

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.